Articles 2020

In recent months, President Trump and his administration have issued a number of executive orders relating to immigration and travel bans in the United States. Since their issuance, these executive orders have received varying responses from many communities in the United States, including the judiciary. In light of the attention given to President Trump’s use of executive orders in the United States, this article seeks to provide a brief discussion of how executive orders are used in Canada.

Jonathan Bright identifies an interesting quirk in the adjusted stub period accrual rules that in some cases may create a one-year tax deferral for a partner - the very result that the ASPA rules were intended to prevent.

In December 2016, the newly-established Offshore Compliance Advisory Committee released its first report, setting out a series of recommendations for the future administration of the Voluntary Disclosures Program. Rachel Gold discusses the Committee's recommendations and their potential implications for taxpayers.

The authors of this paper bring together their unique disciplinary lenses- social work and law - to discuss various factors that contribute to the multiple oppressions experienced by South Asian immigrant women in Canada.

On February 9, 2017, a group of administrative lawyers and attendees gathered for a sold out half-day program about public interest interveners, tribunal standing, and experts in administrative proceedings. The program was part of the Ontario Bar Association’s Institute 2017 and was chaired by Diane Janisse, of the Legal Aid Ontario Clinic Resource Office, and Christopher Wirth, of Keel Cottrelle LLP.

This is one of two companion pieces on the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Edmonton (City) v. Edmonton East (Capilano) Shopping Centres Ltd. authored exclusively for the OBA. This article focuses on the Supreme Court's treatment of the presumption of expertise afforded to tribunals.

This is one of two companion pieces on the Supreme Court of Canada's recent decision in Edmonton (City) v. Edmonton East (Capilano) Shopping Centres Ltd. authored exclusively for the OBA's Administrative Law Section. This article concerns the role of statutory provisions permitting a right of appeal in determining the standard of review.